the day the frames got finished copies of ‘for the birds’ i

it was thursday march twenty ninth 2001 and the frames had just received finished copies of ‘for the birds’ – their first independently released album. although no-one could fully appreciate the scale of what was to happen in the years to come, everyone could sense that this was an auspicious day. the frames were a huge live band, one of ireland’s biggest at the time and finally they were on the path to releasing albums their way, without record label meddling. to mark the arrival and release of their celery smelling baby they decided to play a free gig in simon’s cafe on georges st. in dublin. simon gracefully cleared away all the furniture for a gig which would be the first of five the frames played in dublin that weekend to give ‘for the birds’ the entry into the world it deserved. setting up in simon’s took a bit longer than planned so glen decided to head outside with his guitar to entertain the troops lest they get bored and feck off home. this material is part of a dvd that never was which we’re now sticking up on the web. 2001: a frames odyssey we’re calling it for now!